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It's not Godzilla, it's Pulgasari | Any Percent: Movies Ep. 8 Any Percent: Movies
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In this episode of Any Percent: Movies, the boy talk about Pulgasari, a 1985 dark fantasy-action kaiju movie straight out of North Korea (yes, really). The story behind this one is insane, let me tell you. The director of the film, Shin Sang-Ok, had been kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence on the orders of Kim Jong-il, son of the then-ruling Kim Il-sung. He was then coerced into making several films as a director, with Pulgasari being his final before he and his wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, escaped to the United States. Crazy right?
Instead of explaining what itself is about, I'll just let a random internet guy tell you.
"In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he may make weapons to fend off the peasant army. After he returns the property to the people, an old blacksmith is imprisoned and starved to death. His last creation is a tiny figurine of a monster- Pulgasari, a Godzilla-like creature that eats iron. The blood of his daughter brings the creature to life, and fights with the poor, starving peasants to overthrow the corrupt monarchy." Thanks random guy!
We also talk about some of our "comfort food" movies that never get old, which basically turns into us rambling about Digimon and Jack Black.
Find us on all of your favorite podcast services, just search Any Percent! New episodes every other Friday!
Find us on other podcast platforms: https://anchor.fm/any-percent
Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS5H_1HSuWhXA7Rt100Rxjw
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Hosts:
Evan
Kody
Christian
In this episode of Any Percent: Movies, the boy talk about Pulgasari, a 1985 dark fantasy-action kaiju movie straight out of North Korea (yes, really). The story behind this one is insane, let me tell you. The director of the film, Shin Sang-Ok, had been kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence on the orders of Kim Jong-il, son of the then-ruling Kim Il-sung. He was then coerced into making several films as a director, with Pulgasari being his final before he and his wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, escaped to the United States. Crazy right?
Instead of explaining what itself is about, I'll just let a random internet guy tell you.
"In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he may make weapons to fend off the peasant army. After he returns the property to the people, an old blacksmith is imprisoned and starved to death. His last creation is a tiny figurine of a monster- Pulgasari, a Godzilla-like creature that eats iron. The blood of his daughter brings the creature to life, and fights with the poor, starving peasants to overthrow the corrupt monarchy." Thanks random guy!
We also talk about some of our "comfort food" movies that never get old, which basically turns into us rambling about Digimon and Jack Black.
Find us on all of your favorite podcast services, just search Any Percent! New episodes every other Friday!
Find us on other podcast platforms: https://anchor.fm/any-percent
Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS5H_1HSuWhXA7Rt100Rxjw
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnyPercentCast
Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/anypercentcast
Hosts:
Evan
Kody
Christian
1 tim. 28 min